Appealing a Rother refusal
Most householder refusals in Rother — Bexhill-on-Sea, Battle, Rye and Robertsbridge and the surrounding area — turn on a handful of issues: design and character, neighbour amenity, and impact on constraints like High Weald National Landscape (AONB). An appeal succeeds when it takes each reason for refusal in turn and rebuts it on the policy, with specifics. Buildwise reads the decision notice, identifies the policies the council relied on, and builds the grounds of appeal around them.
Grounded in Rother's own policies
Buildwise cites the same Rother policies the officer used — for example EN3 (Design Quality), DHG9 (Extensions, Alterations and Outbuildings), DHG7 (External Residential Areas) — and shows how the proposal complies, rather than restating the application. Everything is quoted from the adopted plan and verified, never invented, so the Inspector sees a policy-anchored case.
- Rother Local Plan Core Strategy (2014)
- Rother Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan (2019)
How it works
Buildwise reads Rother's reasons for refusal and the policies cited.
A short, site-specific questionnaire.
A structured statement rebutting each refusal reason — download, edit, or submit.
Example (excerpt)
"The reason for refusal cites Policy EN3 (Design Quality). The proposal in fact accords with EN3: the subordinate form and matching materials respond to the host dwelling and street scene, and the amenity concern is answered by the separation distances set out below, engaging Policy DHG9…"
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Householder and minor-development refusals are appealed to the Planning Inspectorate, usually within 12 weeks (householder) of the decision. Buildwise drafts the grounds of appeal, cited to Rother's policies and the NPPF.
The same policies the officer relied on in the refusal — typically EN3 (Design Quality), DHG9 (Extensions, Alterations and Outbuildings), DHG7 (External Residential Areas) from the Rother Local Plan Core Strategy (2014) and Rother Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan (2019) — plus the NPPF.
Minutes. Upload the decision notice, confirm the scheme, and Buildwise builds a structured grounds-of-appeal statement rebutting each reason for refusal.
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Draft your Rother appeal — first statement free.
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